Monday, December 19, 2022

A Bit of Christmas Card History

Christmas cards haven't been around forever, and they haven't always been filled with manger scenes. From Mental Floss, on Victorian Christmas cards being creepy:
Those more unusual Victorian Christmas cards may be off-putting today, but they capture a snapshot of history. If anything, they’re a reminder to be thankful that your annual batch of holiday greetings doesn’t include any nightmare-inducing imagery.
From the BBC:
Murderous frogs, children boiled in teapots and a mouse riding a lobster are generally not images seen today on Christmas cards. But in Victorian times it was all par for the course.

14 comments:

  1. ...thanks for sharing this interesting video.

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  2. This was thoroughly enjoyable. It was funny, but some of those cards were so unusual. Good thing the narrator had such a great sense of humor. Happy new week Nita.

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  3. This sounded like it was narrated by Toby Jones. I loved this!

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  4. Fun to learn about those cards, I think I prefer the actual ones! Valerie

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    1. Well, they were actual cards back in the day...

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  5. That’s a great collection of weird cards with a narrative that more than does justice to them. Thanks for finding such strange videos.

    Have a great holiday week!

    best…mae at maefood.blogspot.com

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    1. I got a kick out of it. I'm glad you liked it :)

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  6. Many thanks for sharing this video.

    All the best Jan

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  7. Creepy, weird, and makes me wonder why I am British. It could be that these cards are the true symbols of Christmas!

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    1. Ah, those Brits and their sense of humor lol

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